123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 2157		LR 3444(03)
	An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial Services Regarding Reporting on Lyme Disease and Other Tick-borne Illnesses
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
	Committee: Insurance and Financial Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential future biennium cost increase - General Fund, Other Funds
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$56,248	$57,863	$59,534
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$56,248	$57,863	$59,534
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Provides an appropriation of $56,248 in 2008-09 for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the costs of developing the public health curriculum for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses and for developing a wildlife management program, including the costs of a 0.50 FTE Public Health Educator III position and a 0.20 FTE Clerk IV position.
	Assumes additional costs to the State Employee Health  Plan would not be incurred until fiscal year 2009-10, but the precise impact cannot be determined at this time.
	Any additional costs to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and to the Bureau of Insurance in the Department of Professional and Financial Services can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources.